Britannica Classic: “Our Town and Our Universe”

American editor and anthologist Clifton Fadiman analyzing Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town (1938) as a commentary on “the contrast between each tiny moment of our lives and the vast stretches of time and place in which each individual plays his role.” This Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation film, part 1 of Fadiman’s 2-part analysis of the play, was made in 1959.